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MacArthur, I never tire looking at your beautiful Coronado. 
Thanks for the information on George Laurie. I know that he has a reputation, both good and bad. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt on their circumstances, and hopefully that won't set me up for being swindled in the future. I have never personally dealt with George, but I have seen several pieces that he has produced and they are all beautiful. I hadn't realized that he made those front emblems, so I would be happy to contact him when the time comes for me to replace mine. Same goes for lenses. SMS Auto Interiors has a similar reputation to George. Unfortunately it is hard to find vendors that carry a lot of what we are looking for, so I am grateful to get what I can, even if it means I have to wait a year for it. It's an unfortunate reality, but I am just glad that the parts are available at all.
Josh, I will shoot you an email. Thanks.
1955 Desoto Fireflite Coronado
1959 Desoto Fireflite 4 door Sedan
1959 Desoto Fireflite 2 door Hardtop
Recently rescued this 55 Firedome from a junkyard in Phoenix. It is almost 100% complete and original. It still ran after sitting for so long. This will be a learning build so progress is slow. I found refurbishing parts is alot easier than finding new ones. Sometimes a bad part just needs to be opened up and rewired or refitted.
Wow, Casey! That is a great junkyard find. Amazing what people are willing to scrap now days. Kudos, and keep us posted on your progress!
1955 Desoto Fireflite Coronado
1959 Desoto Fireflite 4 door Sedan
1959 Desoto Fireflite 2 door Hardtop
yeah, for sure casey, good find, and congrats !!!
so i got ahold of Gil and he does have a handle, though not in perfect shape, it will due. so if anyone is interested in buying the passenger side one from me, let me know. id rather offset the cost right now, as spare money these days is hard to come by. im not sure if its against forum rules to sell anything in here and if it is, please let me know and ill be glad to post it were it belongs. thanks
Josh
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Congrats Casey...
That`s incredibly good looking DeSoto. Can´t even think about reasoning why someone has dropped such an beauty to the scrapyard?
PS.
Special thanks to Mark Kubancik. New brake shoes for my friend`s `55 are on the way home.
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